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. RITTER GUILTY BEYOND DOUBT., His Wife I'ninUlies Some l)aui»|lsiTestimony, :tult;l SwysThat He MurderedHis slstei-in-LHW With a Cleever, (he»Result of a Ouarrei—Other Happening*In tiie Hot»*let* State.Ni'ay A uiA n v, Iud., March 1 ? —Coroner Sforr is investigating the murder of Ellen Wheel cm, but has not yet arrived ; at a finding. The out on the back of the ’ woman’s head, which caused death, is about four inches long, and the skull is cleft to the bone, it was made by a sharp iiiKtrunienfc, doubtless a cleaver. Charles Wheelon, the husband of the deceased is an edge tool-maker. He states that he made a small clever for » his wile, t ii which was engraved her ; name.The cleaver was hung up on the side of the wail iu the house, and is now nowhere lo he found. There is little doubt that when Ritter ran Mrs. Wheelon out of the hoiiBe lie seized this cleaver and ! struck her as she ran, then hid the instrument of death. Search has been made everywhere for it but as yet it , has not been found.The wife oL Ritter is the most import-! ant witness in the case. She stated to the coroner that the quarrel between Mrs. Wheelou and Ritter was caused by the former upraicUng him for not attending better to his sick wife, and that | his neglect made it necessary for her to remain xvitii Mrs. Ritter. She fully implicated her husband in the murder. She 'says he did not use the bloody hatchet found, but the cleaver, and she is satisfied he threw the implement of death into a pon i near the scene of the murder. The pond will be drained tomorrow and a search made for the cleaver.The prosecuting attorney has prepared an affidavit charging Ritter with murder in the first degree, and as soon as the coroner returns his verdict, which will make the same charge against the ao-cused, hlt;* will he arraigned for prellmary examination. There is a deep feeling of indignation throughout the city against the murderer, and this is intensified by the finding sec reted upon his premises of a great deal of stolen property.The murdered woman was buried j .Sunday afternoon.
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Madison Daily Herald
Madison, Indiana, US
Mon, Mar 17, 1890
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